In Machines We Trust: How AI watches wildfires

A look at how AI and other tech is being used to help predict, detect, and pinpoint the location of wildfires in the first of a two-part series.

We meet: 

Dustin Tetrault, Deputy Fire Chief, Big Sky Fire Department

Sankar Narayanan, Chief Practice Officer, Fractal Analytics

Credits:

This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan and contains original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Our mix engineer is Garret Lang and our artwork is by Stephanie Arnett.